Full conference programme for this year’s International Drone Show now available, taking place in Denmark on May 29th

Inter­na­tion­al Drone Show has revealed a strong line-up of influ­en­tial inter­na­tion­al drone speak­ers at this year’s event, which takes place on 29 May in Odense, Den­mark.

With more than 40 speak­ers across four con­fer­ence tracks, includ­ing big names with­in drone deliv­ery such as Wing and Man­na, the event is a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to stay updat­ed on the lat­est drone devel­op­ments.

The Inter­na­tion­al Drone Show is North­ern Europe’s largest drone indus­try event, with the con­fer­ence and expo show­cas­ing how drone tech­nolo­gies are evolv­ing and adding val­ue to a range of indus­tries.

The full con­fer­ence pro­gramme will cov­er four pan­el debates and con­fer­ence tracks with the fol­low­ing themes: defence, secu­ri­ty and the Arc­tic; leg­is­la­tion and oper­a­tional safe­ty; indus­try use cas­es and new tech­nolo­gies, and drone basics.

Com­ment­ing on the many influ­en­tial tech lead­ers announced for Inter­na­tion­al Drone Show 2024, Søren Elmer Kris­tensen, CEO of Odense Robot­ics, said: ‘’We’re real­ly excit­ed about the strong line-up for this year’s Inter­na­tion­al Drone Show in May. The pro­gramme is brim­ming with influ­en­tial speak­ers from Den­mark and abroad fea­tur­ing lead­ing com­pa­nies such as Wing and Man­na.

“It’s not just a recog­ni­tion of the event’s appeal on an inter­na­tion­al scale, but also a tes­ta­ment to Denmark’s posi­tion as an inno­va­tor with­in drone tech­nolo­gies. We look for­ward to shar­ing key insights and kick­start­ing impor­tant con­ver­sa­tions about the oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges fac­ing the inter­na­tion­al drone com­mu­ni­ty.’’

Pro­gramme high­lights include lead­ing names from the Dan­ish and inter­na­tion­al drone com­mu­ni­ty who will address key oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges relat­ing to both devel­op­ment and adop­tion:

- Drones play a key role in mil­i­tary and secu­ri­ty oper­a­tions, offer­ing enhanced recon­nais­sance, sur­veil­lance, coun­tert­er­ror­ism, dis­as­ter response, and law enforce­ment. Key speak­ers on this theme include Kay Wack­witz, CEO and Founder of Drone Indus­try Insights, who will talk about trends in the drone mar­ket and indus­try use cas­es. This track also includes work­shops with the Dan­ish Min­istry of Defence Acqui­si­tion and Logis­tics Organ­i­sa­tion (DALO) on their drone use and pro­cure­ment, and a pan­el debate on over­com­ing chal­lenges when using drones in the Arc­tic.

- Drone leg­is­la­tion and oper­a­tional safe­ty is a piv­otal theme address­ing how to har­ness inno­va­tion while address­ing pub­lic safe­ty and pri­va­cy con­cerns. Key speak­ers in this theme include Lars Kor­sholm, Head of Divi­sion, the Dan­ish Civ­il Avi­a­tion Author­i­ty, who will present a glimpse of the ongo­ing work in Denmark’s upcom­ing drone strat­e­gy. In addi­tion, Mehmet Key­van, CEO & Founder, Key­van, will talk about their solu­tion that can cre­ate a green oper­a­tion zone with data for each coun­try or state for drone oper­a­tions by tak­ing into account air­ways, pro­ce­dures, spe­cial areas and lim­i­ta­tions.

- Drones are increas­ing­ly adopt­ed as a resource-effec­tive tool that also min­imis­es risk and can per­form a range of tasks such as infra­struc­ture inspec­tion, dis­as­ter man­age­ment, envi­ron­men­tal mon­i­tor­ing or even health­care logis­tics. Track high­lights include Tit­ta Ander­s­son-Bohren, Euro­pean Pol­i­cy and Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs Man­ag­er, Wing, who will speak about their pub­lic out­reach guide­lines based on expe­ri­ence with com­mu­ni­ties in Aus­tralia, US, Fin­land and Ire­land. In addi­tion, Bob­by Healy, CEO & Founder of Man­na, will speak about drone deliv­ery oper­a­tions in Europe. Last but not least, Lau­rent Rou­chon, Sales
Direc­tor, Drone Volt, will talk about high volt­age line inspec­tion and pro­vide a world- exclu­sive glimpse of their new LINEDRONE.

Vis­i­tors to the event can also expe­ri­ence an exhi­bi­tion and sev­er­al com­plex demo flights. For exam­ple, Nordic Wing will show­case their lat­est Astero ISR 2.5 and their Rap­tor sys­tem; UMS Skel­dar will show­case their V‑200 plat­form sup­port­ing tac­ti­cal oper­a­tions for sur­veil­lance, emer­gency response, secu­ri­ty and defence; and Drone Volt will also con­duct a demo flight.

Michael Larsen, Head of UAS Den­mark Test Cen­ter, added: “This is a chance to net­work while see­ing drones in action. Vis­i­tors to this year’s Inter­na­tion­al Drone Show can look for­ward to com­plex drone demos span­ning mul­ti­ple appli­ca­tions. This is pos­si­ble thanks to the great facil­i­ties we have here on loca­tion at HCA Air­port.“

For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www.internationaldroneshow.dk.